PROGRAM (Revised 1/11/2017)
Louis Sullivan Architectural Ornaments @ SIUE Conference
Friday, February 24, 2017
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Morning Location: Morris University Center
8:30 – 9:00 am
Continental Deluxe Breakfast (Oak & Redbud Rooms)
9:00 – 9:10 am
Welcome (Hackberry & Hickory Rooms)
9:10 am – 9:30 am
A Digital Collection Glimpse of the Louis Sullivan Architectural
Ornaments @ SIUE
Therese Dickman, Fine Arts Librarian
Steven Pryor, former Director of Digital Initiatives & Technologies
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Being at the Right Place at the Right Time: How SIUE Acquired
the Louis Sullivan Architectural Ornaments Collection—
The Richard Nickel Story (documentary video)
Karen Gallacci, Electronic Resources Librarian
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Nature as Inspiration for Louis Sullivan’s Architectural Designs
Brad Eilering, SIUE Graduate Teaching Assistant / Architect
(Eilering Architecture)
10:30 am - 11:20 am
SIUE and the Filming of the documentary,
Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture
Mark Richard Smith, Sullivan documentary film director
11:30 am – 12:15 pm
Deli Buffet Lunch (Oak & Redbud Rooms)
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Location: Edwardsville Arts Center—
Louis’s Legacy: Artists Respond to Louis Sullivan
Art Exhibit curated by Brigham Dimick featuring art by regional
artists
Noon – 12:45 pm
12:30 – 1:15 pm
Shuttle van to & from EAC to view exhibit & hear talk @ 12:15 p.m.
Shuttle van to & from EAC to view exhibit & hear talk @ 12:45 pm
Van shuttles leave at rear entrance of MUC @ Noon & 12:30 pm;
Local SIUE Carpools also encouraged!
Afternoon Location: Lovejoy Library (SIUE)
12:30 – 1:20 pm
(Lovejoy Library, 2nd Floor Sullivan Lounge)
View Louis H. Sullivan Architectural Exhibit
View Sullivan-inspired design project exhibit by
Art students of SIUE Art Faculty John DenHouter & Rodrick
Whetstone
12:50 – 1:20 pm
(Lovejoy Library, 3rd Floor Conference Room) (LB 3021)
The Richard Nickel Story (2nd viewing)
1:30 – 2:25 pm
(Louis H. Sullivan Ornaments Exhibit, 2nd Floor Sullivan Lounge)
Recollections of the SIUE Sullivan Architectural Ornaments:
A First Hand Account
John Celuch, Inlandesign Executive Director / Original Curator of
SIUE Louis Sullivan Architectural Ornament Collection
2:30 – 3:25 pm
Preservation in the 21st Century:
Drawing Inspiration from Nickel & Sullivan
Ward Miller, Executive Director at Preservation Chicago / Former
Richard Nickel Committee Executive Director
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Preserving the SIUE Sullivan Collection:
Recent Initiatives
Erin Vigneau Dimick, The University Museum, Collections
Manager
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